Do the fReado Terms of Service require me to give away my copyright on the documents I upload to fReado?
No. Under U.S. law, every written work is covered by a copyright. You own the copyright to a work by creating the work or otherwise acquiring the copyright to the work from the creator of the work. When you sign up for a fReado account, you agree to adhere to the fReado Terms of Service. In order to upload a work onto fReado in compliance with the Terms of Service, you must either (i) own the copyright to the work you are uploading or (ii) have authority from the copyright owner to upload the work and grant a license to fReado to include that work on the fReado service. The Terms of Service further state that when you upload a work to fReado, you grant to fReado a license to use and distribute your uploaded content. This eliminates any doubt that fReado’s use and distribution of your content through the fReado service does not infringe your, or anyone else’s, copyright. This is only a license — you (or the person who authorized you to upload the content) still hold the copyright to th
